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hook and ladder

[hook uhn lad-er] / ˈhʊk ən ˈlæd ər /
NOUN
fire truck
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Known internally as 200 Series engines, they are identical to other engines and usually paired with hook and ladder trucks, which do not carry water.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2025

“Prices have gone up significantly,” John Mohlenhoff, secretary of the hook and ladder company for the Huntington fire department, told the newspaper.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2021

He couldn’t find the play card for the hook and ladder, one of a handful of strategies at the end of a playoff game against New Orleans last season.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2018

“I want a drum and a hook and ladder with an extentionisting ladder on it,” read the letter.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2015

Nevertheless, some of the hook and ladder men went into the engine room, and there chopped a hole through a bulkhead into the hold.

From First at the North Pole Two Boys in the Arctic Circle by Stratemeyer, Edward




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